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The Finnish Air Force during the Cold War

The Finnish Air Force during the Cold War

Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation

An Air Force with an interesting history during the Cold War is the Finnish Air Force. Finland hat a lot of restrictions after the Nazi years – to still have a working air force it purchased dual use two seater jets as trainers – as the numbers of fighters...
15 Awesome and Interesting Facts About Military Aircraft

15 Awesome and Interesting Facts About Military Aircraft

Aircraft Carriers, Aviation World, Bomber aircrafts, Experimental Aircraft, History & Legends, Military Aviation, World Records Aviation

We all know that in the history of military aviation, a lot of interesting events and developments have been made. Our friend Marko Radovic from Belgrade selected 15 interesting facts and created this nice post for us: Thanks a lot for creating this nice post for us....
First Blue Angels female pilot takes flight

First Blue Angels female pilot takes flight

Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Naval, World Records Aviation

It had always been U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Katie Higgins’ dream to become a pilot, and follow in her family’s steps. This became reality in 2011, when she received her wings. But last weekend was probably the best day of her life, when she successfully...
Strangest and weirdest planes on earth

Strangest and weirdest planes on earth

Aviation World, Bomber aircrafts, Experimental Aircraft, Fighter Flights, History & Legends, Military Aviation

It’s pretty cool what different types of metal can get airborne with enough engines, wings, effort, determination or just sheer creativity. There are many wild designs with aircraft ranging from flying saucers to planes that take off vertically. [CSSBUTTON...
The fastest prop and fastest jet perform the fastest formation record

The fastest prop and fastest jet perform the fastest formation record

Fighter Flights, Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation, World Records Aviation

When these images cropped out on the internet a few months ago, some knew the photos were a photoshop masterpiece, and the rest were skeptical, or believed this ‘claim’. A note to acclaimed aviator, Skip Holm was in order to validate the images and provide...
The weirdest aircraft by looks – Bartini Beriev VVA-14

The weirdest aircraft by looks – Bartini Beriev VVA-14

Bomber aircrafts, History & Legends, Military Aviation

Throughout the Cold War the Soviet Union and the United States were constantly trying to check each other’s military power. This drive for each country to outdo the other led to some truly bizarre pieces of military hardware. The Bartini Beriev...
Fighter Jet Size in Comparison

Fighter Jet Size in Comparison

Aviation World, Fighter Flights, History & Legends, Inside MiGFlug, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets, World Records Aviation

Every fighter fan probably had this experience already – one gets to see a fighter jet in a museum, at an airshow or – the coolest way – during a fighter jet ride with MiGFlug. And once one is getting closer – it’s like *boah* how huuuge...
How They Built the SR-71 Blackbird

How They Built the SR-71 Blackbird

Aviation World, Bomber aircrafts, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets

These jaw dropping images show how engineers in 1960s California discreetly developed the SR-71 Blackbird for the US Air Force – a plane which up till today still holds the record for being the fastest ever aircraft to fly. The aircraft had been built by American...
The 10 Fastest Aircraft in the World

The 10 Fastest Aircraft in the World

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The Top Ten fastest planes in the World Before we start – here is a nice video showing you the 10 fastest planes in the world: There are very many aircraft that have exceeded the speed of Mach 2.0. Some of them are research aircraft, some are military and some...
The fastest (rocket-) plane in the World – X-15

The fastest (rocket-) plane in the World – X-15

Aviation World, Experimental Aircraft, History & Legends, Military Aviation, World Records Aviation

There have been countless aircraft capable of flying faster than the speed of sound. Some have reached twice that, and a few as high as three times the speed of sound. But there is one rocket plane to rule them all. An aircraft that was introduced in 1959, flew so...
Remarkable airplanes – #2: Lockheed U-2

Remarkable airplanes – #2: Lockheed U-2

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During the 1950s the Americans saw a pressing need for a reconnaissance aircraft to spy on the Soviets during the Cold War. They had been using old bombers and modified RB-47s, but the Russians had significantly improved their anti-aircraft defence systems and...
The hidden Air Force

The hidden Air Force

Fighter Flights, Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation

Switzerland is an unusual country. A few examples? In the case of nuclear war, the Swiss have bunkers capable of fitting more than 100% of the country’s population – it is the only (paranoid enough) country to be capable of doing that. Swiss highways can...
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